Australian teenage sensation Gout Gout has entered the record books by becoming the fastest 16-year-old in history over 200 metres.

The teenager ran the 200m in 20.04 seconds during the Australian schools championships in Brisbane on Saturday, breaking a national record set by Peter Norman when he won silver at the 1968 Olympics.

His time is the fastest ever by a 16-year-old and the second fastest by an athlete under the age of 18 behind Erriyon Knighton’s 19.84secs run as a 17-year-old in 2021.

“It’s pretty crazy,” said Gout.

“Right now I can’t process it, but I guess tonight when I go to bed, I’ll think about it. These are adults. And me, I’m just a kid, and I’m running them (down).

“I’ve been chasing that record, but I didn’t think it would come this year. I thought it would come maybe next year, the year after that.”

Gout, who turns 17 later this month, ran the fourth fastest 100m by an Australian with a time of 10.04secs on Friday.

At 6ft2in, Gout’s speed and running style has earned him comparisons with Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.

Australian broadcaster ABC said Gout will travel to the United States next month to train with Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles.

The son of migrants from war-torn South Sudan, Gout lives in the Brisbane suburb of Ipswich.

The 2032 Olympics will be held in the Australian city, when Gout will be 24.

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key received a new five-year contract Friday after guiding the Yellow Jackets to their best regular season since 2018.

The school also approved a five-year extension for athletic director J Batt, keeping them both at Georgia Tech through 2029. Both deals approved by the board of trustees added two years to the original contracts with Key and Batt. Financial terms were not released.

The Yellow Jackets (7-5, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) handed No. 14 Miami their first loss of the season and took No. 5 Georgia to eight overtimes before losing 44-42 in the regular-season finale.

Georgia Tech is in line for its second straight bowl appearance under Key, who took over as interim coach after the fourth game in 2022 when Geoff Collins was fired with a record of 10-28 over three-plus seasons. Athletic director Todd Stansbury was dumped at the same time, which led to the hiring of Batt.

Key was retained as the coach after going 4-4 the rest of the ’22 season. The Yellow Jackets went 7-6 in 2023, capped by a victory in the Gasparilla Bowl, and have a shot at their first eight-win campaign since 2016.

Having steered his alma mater past the gloominess of the Collins era, Key has an 18-15 record overall and a 14-9 mark in the ACC. He kept the momentum going by signing a recruiting class this week that ranked among the top 30 nationally.

“I am so proud and grateful to work with incredible coaches, staff and student-athletes every single day,” Key said in statement. “Together, we’re building something special and I’m looking forward to continuing to work to return Tech football to where it belongs.”

The bar for the Lakers to clear Friday night to look functional was remarkably low, a pair of unimaginably bad losses in Minnesota and Miami making “don’t get embarrassed” the primary hurdle the Lakers needed to clear.

But the goals, even after two brutal performances, are higher than that.

The Lakers, while technically 70 points worse than the Timberwolves and Heat, have shown they can be a winning team, a team that can share the ball, hit shots and, on occasion, credibly defend.

“The consistency is probably the frustrating part,” coach JJ Redick said before the game. “It’s the consistency because the group has shown that they can do it. The guys have shown that they can do it. It’s just the consistency for everything.”

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Against the suddenly hot Hawks, the Lakers showed that they could, in fact, do the things required to win. And they did so many of the things that usually cause teams to lose.

But victory doesn’t require perfection — just an advantage. And the Lakers couldn’t end with one. Their 134-132 overtime loss was full of things they did well and crucial mistakes that meant they left with a loss.

With the Lakers up one in overtime, Anthony Davis’ pass to LeBron James was too casual, and Dyson Daniels stepped in front for the steal, no defenders between him and a go-ahead basket. But James, like he has so many times, caught up to the play from behind, a game-saving swat of the ball tipping the edge just so slightly back to the Lakers.

The Lakers, though, couldn’t cleanly inbound the ball, and Atlanta forced a tie-up with Davis and got possession after the ball went out of bounds off James.

With the game on the line, the one player on the court whom the Lakers didn’t want open, Trae Young, got open and hit a go-ahead three. James’ last-ditch chance to flip the game one final time with a potential winning three clanked off the rim, and the Lakers lost for the seventh time in nine games.

“I don’t know as far as what will get us over the hump,” a clearly frustrated James said. “We just gotta just not drown. Don’t drown and we’ll be all right.”

Redick, in an attempt to get more physicality on the court, moved guard D’Angelo Russell back to the bench and started Gabe Vincent. Austin Reaves remained out, back in Los Angeles recovering from the injury to his back/pelvic area that has cost him four games.

“We can be better. Energy, effort, physicality — I think we took a huge step tonight but I think we’re capable of a lot,” Vincent said. “We’re still not whole. We can be better, for sure.”

Vincent responded with his best game as a Laker, scoring 12 points and playing the kind of defense the Lakers wanted. But he and Davis miscommunicated on a switch at the top of the key leading to Young’s three, crushing the Lakers on a night when they played mostly good basketball.

“Messed up,” Redick said. “…Left him open.”

James scored 39 points with 11 assists and 10 rebounds, hitting six of 11 from three. Davis had 38 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, bouncing back after a miserable game in Miami.

“If we continue to bring this mentality we had tonight,” Davis said, “we’ll be fine.”

The Lakers, who have been in a lifeless slump for most of the last two weeks after a heartbreaking loss to Orlando and spirit-snapping one to familiar foe Denver, found an actual rhythm early in the second half. They unleashed a 13-0 run on the Hawks, flying around the court, getting stops while converting on the offensive end, James even hitting a one-legged three, his dry spell seemingly solved.

But as soon as they did that, Atlanta made three straight threes, dashing any hope of rolling to the end.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers’ execution and decision-making were good. Until they weren’t.

Leading in the final minutes, the Lakers tried to bleed the clock by inbounding the ball with it running, the shot clock not yet triggered. Daniels hustled for the ball and Davis jumped in front of him and got called for an illegal screen.

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Daniels scored on the next possession to put the Hawks up. The Lakers scored twice late to tie the score, and Max Christie blocked Young’s potential winner to send the game to overtime.

The Lakers (12-11) didn’t get embarrassed. But they didn’t win either. The bar on this trip has been lowered, the Lakers forced to find silver linings after their opponent made more big plays than they did.

“I told the group that I appreciated their effort, their intent, their energy. And truthfully, a lot of their execution,” Redick said. “We did enough to win a basketball game. Similar to Orlando, similar to Oklahoma City, I thought we did enough to win a basketball game. And I’m very appreciative of that.

“And you can build on that. You can adjust and scheme and maybe tweak some things, late game. That stuff you can build on.”

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Draymond accepts Warriors bench role to maximize Kuminga originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – With Steph Curry and Draymond Green out due to injuries Thursday night against the Houston Rockets, Jonathan Kuminga started for only the sixth time this season, and the 22-year-old was cleared for takeoff, leading the Warriors to a gritty win to snap their five-game losing streak behind a career-high 33 points.

Curry and Green were deemed good to go on the second night of a back-to-back. Curry of course was the Warriors starting point guard, but there was a major change to Steve Kerr’s first five on the floor in Golden State’s 107-90 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kuminga was in the starting lineup. Green was not.

The change is here to stay too, at least for now.

“I want to look at it,” Kerr said. “We’re trying to maximize Jonathan. Playing him with [Andrew Wiggins], playing [Kevon Looney] to start that group means that Draymond doesn’t have to guard the opposing center right from the get-go, which I think is important, and we can close with Draymond at the five.

“So in theory, I like what it looks like. We have to play better. We have to make better decisions.”

Obstacles can get in the way of Kerr’s plan, though. Andrew Wiggins left Friday night’s loss early due to a right ankle impingement, and Moses Moody also exited early because of left knee soreness.

The whole idea of Green coming off the bench, however, is all about Kuminga. After experimenting with him at small forward to begin the season, Kerr has been adamant that Kuminga is a four, not a three, and doesn’t want to play him alongside two non-shooting big men.

In this case, that means not sharing the floor with Green and Looney at the same time.

“We’re trying to make the most of Jonathan’s ability to get downhill, to get him more time,” Kerr explained. “He and Wiggs last night were fantastic. We’re searching for ways to get those guys more involved and not wear down Draymond and Steph.

“That’s kind of the trick. And then finding combinations within that as the game goes.”

The real question is, how does Green feel about the move?

He has come off the bench before when returning from injury. This move would be different. It would be clearing a path for a player much younger than him. Not a full passing of the torch, but a change in that direction.

Green says he feels great physically after missing his first game of the season due to left calf soreness. Mentally, he’s willing to do whatever is needed for the Warriors, losers of six of their last seven games after starting the season 12-3, to get back on track.

Kerr called Green and told him the decision was something he had been thinking about and wanted to make sure he was OK with it.

“Of course I’m OK with it,” Green said. “I’ve been one of JK’s biggest fans since he’s been here. If he has an opportunity to start, you can’t be hypocritical. … I’m a fan of his, I want to see him do well. If his opportunity goes through me, it is what it is. That’s his opportunity and he earned that opportunity.

“That’s kind of how I view it. That was my rationale. He played extremely well last night.”

The four-time champion who’s in Year 13 alluded to his own path to the starting lineup in Kerr’s first year as the Warriors’ head coach.

“I am a product of my vet being willing to take a backseat for me,” Green said. “You’ve got to give back what came to you. That’s what this is about.”

David Lee was an NBA All-Star for the Warriors in the 2012-13 season and then averaged 18.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game the next year. But the door was opened for a much younger Green to leapfrog Lee as a much better fit for Kerr’s system, and the move was a key factor in the Warriors winning their first championship in 40 years.

Except the reason Green even became a starter was because of a hamstring injury to Lee, who was Wally Pipp’d by the future Hall of Famer.

“I don’t necessarily look at it as this demotion,” Green said. “I’m a starter in the NBA, I know that. I don’t look at it like that. But if it’s something to help this team win, I’m always going to be for it. I hate losing. If you got something that’s going to help this team win, you’re not going to get an argument from me.”

When asked if he would take a backseat and come off the bench earlier in his career, Green gave an emphatic “Hell no, no chance.” From training camp on, he also has spoken about his responsibility in seeing the Warriors thrive well beyond his playing days being done.

Kuminga has years and years and years left in his career, barring injury. Green isn’t about to unlace his Nikes tomorrow, but time is much more on the side of someone 12 years younger than him.

“I care about this organization, and I know a lot of people in this organization, including myself, think he’s next,” Green said. “If he’s next, at some point we’ve got to see it. For him to do that, he needs the opportunity. Like I said, if the opportunity falls on you, being me, then that’s what it is and you got to figure it out.

“He’s earned the right to get that opportunity. When I come back here in 10 years and I’m even more grey than I am now, I want to see this franchise thriving. If he’s the guy that’s gonna do that, which I think he’s more than capable of, then great – that’s perfect.”

Egos have to be left outside of the arena. The Warriors learned that the last two years following their championship in 2022. Green and Curry desperately want to get back to the mountaintop. If that means the ultimate sacrifice, so be it.

Maybe it’s one game. Maybe it’s two. Maybe it’s three, and maybe it’s for months to come.

However it all pans out, Curry commends his longtime teammate’s selflessness, sending a message to the rest of the team.

“First off, it shows professionalism,” Curry said. “It shows his commitment to us trying to figure out what rotations work, what lineups work, what the flow should be. … We have to be able to sacrifice for the group. It’s, again, the DNA of this team right now. Until we figure out who we really are, who knows what it’s going to look like.”

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Wilbon calls on Warriors to trade for LeBron to maximize Steph’s window originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

After their gold medal-winning run in the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer, there inevitably would be an appetite for Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to unite with Warriors guard Steph Curry on an NBA court.

Various NBA personalities have suggested Curry could join James in Los Angeles, but ESPN analyst Michael Wilbon called on the Warriors to make a move to bring their longtime foe to the Bay.

Wilbon expressed a lack of confidence in the Warriors’ and Lakers’ current rosters on Friday’s episode of “NBA Today.”

“Let’s cut to the chase. All those assets are great if Steph and Draymond were 31 and 32 years old,” Wilbon stated. “You could sort of wait on them — and I love [Jonathan] Kuminga — but they’re not 31 and 32 years old. You’re talking about maximizing now. They’re not catching Oklahoma City. They’re not catching Dallas … with the personnel they have currently assembled.”

So, in Wilbon’s eyes, why not take a shot at acquiring an all-time great, even though he wasn’t sure that Golden State could rise to the top of the Western Conference even with James?

“But if you tell me, if anybody watched the Olympics this summer, and you watched LeBron James and Steph Curry play together, how can you not want to see that?” Wilbon continued. “I’m not saying it’s easy when you will tell us how possible it is, if at all. But you tell me, the Lakers stink … Is LeBron going to ride out another season like that? Why would he?”

Given the fairly close proximity between the two California teams, Wilbon proposed a unique work-life arrangement for James.

“You can’t play in San Francisco and live in Los Angeles if you want to?” Wilbon speculated. “This is tailor-made for those two guys to play together and finish their careers.”

Again, is a Steph-LeBron alliance likely? Probably not. But it sure would be a must-watch.

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What we learned as Steph scores 23 in blowout loss to Timberwolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Stephen Curry scored 23 points in his return to Golden State’s lineup but the Warriors failed to find a reliable second scoring option and lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-90 on Friday night at Chase Center.

Curry, who missed Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets because of lingering bilateral knee soreness, shot 6 of 17 (3 of 9 behind the arc), made all eight free throws he took and had four assists in 32 minutes.

Jonathan Kuminga had 13 points and two rebounds one night after pasting the Rockets for a career-high 33 points.

Andrew Wiggins scored 11 points before leaving the game with ankle soreness. Draymond Green, who was held out of the previous two games, was eased back in and added 10 points, nine rebounds and five assists while coming off the bench for the first time this season.

Moses Moody also left the game with a left knee injury and did not return.

Golden State (13-9) has lost five straight and six of the last seven games against Minnesota (12-10).

The Warriors started well, struggled mightily in the second quarter then seemed ready to make a big run in the third quarter until an overturned foul call changed the momentum. After Gary Payton II appeared to score and get fouled – a potential three-point play that would have trimmed the deficit to 75-69 – officials reviewed the play and changed the call to an offensive foul on Payton.

The Warriors made another surge in the fourth quarter, pulling within 80-77 on Curry’s 3-pointer with 10:38 remaining before the Wolves pulled away for good.

The teams play each other again at Chase Center on Sunday.

Here are the takeaways from Friday’s game:

Draymond does it off the bench

Playing in a reserve role for the first time since returning from an NBA suspension last season, Green didn’t miss a beat and whipped up his usual batch of basketball gumbo.

In the first quarter alone, the four-time All-Star racked up eight points, four rebounds and an assist in six and a half minutes.

It wasn’t all flowers and balloons, though. After absorbing a hard hit and crashing to the court, Green got up and yelled at an official believing a foul should have been called. Instead, refs hit Green with a technical foul – Green’s seventh this season.

Terrible twos

The Warriors came out strong, scoring 31 points in the first quarter but then hit a wall in the second period when they were held to a mere 15 points.

Golden State’s offense had no rhythm or flow, which enabled Minnesota to pull away and build a double-digit lead. The Warriors shot terribly (5 of 19 overall, 1 of 9 on 3-pointers), had four turnovers, put up just four points in the first 9 minutes of the period and fell behind by 19.

It was easily one of the Warriors’ worst quarters of the season and would have been worse had they not put together a small run in the final few minutes.

Buddy’s buckets not falling

Buddy Hield was a scoring machine early in the season when he averaged 16.9 points and shot 49.1 percent from the floor through the Warriors’ first 13 games.

Since then, Hield has been shooting a lot of blanks.

In his previous eight games, Hield’s shooting had dipped to 34.2 percent. He was just 1 of 8 from the floor against the Houston Rockets on Thursday, then connected on 2 of 4 shots against the Wolves.

Coach Steve Kerr didn’t seem too concerned, saying before the game that it was just the normal ebbs and flows of a season.

Despite all that, Hield is still closing in on a milestone moment. The sharp-shooter needs eight more 3s to become the 17^th player in NBA history to have 2,000 for his career.

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Report: Warriors in ‘real hunt’ to trade for star before deadline originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

It’s only a matter of time before the Warriors make a big splash.

With the NBA’s Feb. 6 trade deadline quickly approaching, general manager Mike Dunleavy and Co. are contemplating a move for a star, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported.

The star would complement four-time NBA champions Steph Curry and Draymond Green.

“I’m told that the Warriors are on the real hunt for a star, a playmaker, a scorer alongside Stephen Curry,” Charania said Friday on “NBA Today.” “And you think back to the summer when they pursued Lauri Markanen with the Utah Jazz. They made a pitch for Paul George as a free agent with the Clippers.”

Even though the Warriors lost out on marquee players such as Markkanen and George, they have benefited from offseason additions such as Buddy Hield, Kyle Anderson, De’Anthony Melton and Lindy Waters 21 games into the 2024-25 season.

Although not an offseason acquisition, the same could be said of Golden State’s No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, Jonathan Kuminga, who erupted for a career-high 33 points in the Warriors’ 99-93 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.

But can Kuminga find consistency and establish himself as the third star Golden State needs to compete for another NBA title this season?

Charania alluded to the fact that Golden State’s brass, as it continues to build a championship-caliber roster, is factoring the 22-year-old forward’s trajectory.

“And the debate with the Warriors and teams that look into that situation is, for them, are they going to find that externally, outside of this roster currently?” Charania asked. “Or will it be in-house, with a player like Jonathan Kuminga?

“Last night, [he] scored 33 points the first time he played 30 minutes in a game all season. He’s shown with his output that as his role elevates so does his stats and different points in that relationship between Joanthan Kuminga and Steve Kerr.

“[It’s] something Warriors officials have been monitoring over the last year or so, and how he fits in when Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are back in the lineup.”

Time remains on Dunleavy’s side, but as Charania suggests, Golden State is ready to engage in a blockbuster trade for another star before time runs out.

“[It] will be interesting to monitor, but the Warriors’ future will be shaped over the next few weeks and the next couple of months before the trade deadline,” Charania concluded.

“How can they get that next championship with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green?”

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EDMONTON — Better late than never.

It is frustrating for a player when they don’t get to play a game for a long time. Only one current Edmonton Oilers player hasn’t played a game this season (Evander Kane).

The same cannot be said for former Oilers.

On Friday, December 6, 2024, one former Oilers goalie made their season debut. Jack Campbell started his first game for the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Campbell signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings on July 1st, shortly after the Oilers bought out the remaining three years of his five-year $5-million contract.

The Red Wings’ crease was crowded in training camp, with Cam Talbot, Alex Lyon, Ville Husso, Sebastian Cossa, and Campbell all trying to get playing time in the NHL and AHL.

Campbell drew the short end of the hockey stick and didn’t see any action before October 4, when he entered the NHLPA Players Assistance program. He remained there until November 17, when he was cleared to return and subsequently put on waivers.

The 32-year-old is no stranger to AHL competition. Having played over 200 games, he provides experience to the Red Wings farm team.

Last season, he played 33 games for the Bakersfield Condors with positive results. Campbell posted a record of 18-13-1, with three shutouts, a 2.63 goals against average (GAA), and a .918 save percentage (SV%).

Despite how things ended with the Oilers, Campbell can still provide valuable goaltending for an AHL team. Best of luck to the former Oiler.

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The NFL has ended its investigation into the latest sexual assault allegation made against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.

The 29-year-old was under investigation after the filing of a civil lawsuit in September from a woman in Texas, seeking $1m (£764,000) in damages for an incident that allegedly occurred while the pair were on a date in October 2020.

Watson denied the allegation and the lawsuit was settled confidentially.

The NFL subsequently conducted its own investigation but announced on Saturday it would take no formal action against Watson.

“There was insufficient evidence to support a finding of a violation of the personal conduct policy,” a league spokesperson told the Associated Press. “The matter is closed.”

Watson’s lawyer Rusty Hardin told the Washington Post: “We are delighted to put this issue behind us so that Deshaun can concentrate on recovering from his injury and preparing for next season.”

Watson was suspended by the NFL for the first 11 matches of the 2022 season after 24 civil lawsuits were filed against him during his time with the Houston Texans.

He faced multiple accusations from women of sexual assault and misconduct during massage sessions between March 2020 and March 2021.

The NFL fined Watson $5m (£3.9m) under its personal conduct policy and he was suspended without pay.

Watson denied the allegations, and two grand juries ruled there was not enough evidence to charge him.

He later reached confidential settlements with 23 of the 24 women in the summer of 2022.

Watson has not played since October after sustaining a season-ending Achilles injury.

He has featured just 19 times for the Browns since his move in 2022, because of suspensions and injuries.

How Steph responded to Ant’s trash talk after Warriors’ loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Things didn’t go the Warriors’ way in their 107-90 loss to the Timberwolves on Friday night at Chase Center.

Luckily for Golden State, it gets an immediate shot at vengeance in a Sunday matinee rematch less than 48 hours away.

At least, that’s the attitude Warriors guard Steph Curry is adopting, according to Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards.

Edwards detailed their postgame conversation on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” shortly after his 30-point performance to lead the Timberwolves.

“We were talking a little trash tonight,” Edwards told host Nicole Briscoe. “After the game, I was yelling at him. [Curry] was like, ‘Right back,’ because we play them again in a day and a half. I know it’s going to be tough, so I’ll be ready.”

In response, Briscoe wondered if that was the best trash talk Curry could offer, but Edwards came to the defense of his Team USA teammate.

“No, he’ll be trash-talking out there for sure,” Edwards said of their in-game interactions.

Edwards is no stranger to some back-and-forth banter himself, as he revealed his constant reminders to Curry about his jump in 3-point shooting this season.

The young star deserves to dish it out, too, especially given Minnesota’s current five-game winning streak against Golden State.

Consequently, Sunday’s game has major potential for fireworks, with the Warriors looking to end that slide and Edwards hoping to continue his trash talk.

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